| Quicksilver |
01-11-2008 01:53 AM |
I couldn't believe this. But it true. ( Warning gross image)
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A Chinese man has had surgery to remove part of a 22lb (10kg) tumour from his face.
Huang Chuncai rests his face on a table before his second operation to remove the tumours
The surgery was the second operation for 32-year-old Huang Chuncai, who had part of his original 55.7lb (23kg) tumour reduced last year.
Surgeons at the hospital in Guangzhou removed a further 9.9lb (4.5kg) of the growths this week.
The tumours are caused by the condition Neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder causing soft, non-cancerous growths to appear on nerve tissues.
In the UK, around one in avery 25000 babies born are affected by the condition.
Huang, who comes from a remote village in China’s southern province of Hunan, said he was relieved following his first operation in July last year.
The tumour first became visible when Huang was four years old, and has since blocked his left eye, knocked out his teeth and deformed his backbone.
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